The conflict was refreshingly realistic for a romance novel, I suppose, but oh lordy, it took so long to get there, particularly with the audio (Susan Duerden, s l o w l y enunciating every single syllable). I finally had to give up at about 70% - never got to the actual big fight and tower scene, but I was already weary of Edie, who was kind of awful to servants...and Gowan. Poor Gowan. DNF